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Chennai: The railways has decided to resume unreserved general coaches in trains. The general coaches were conducting service with fully reserved seats to reduce overcrowding during the pandemic. From November 1, unreserved coaches will be reinstated on 23 trains under the Southern Railway. As the educational institutions are reopening, this will be a comforting decision. The Railway Board has decided to reinstate general coaches in six more trains from November 10.
Express and mail trains will continue to charge the same fare as before the pandemic. Other express and mail trains also will get general coaches later. Only a handful of trains, including the MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit), currently have unreserved coaches. There was widespread objection over not resuming unreserved coaches despite the decline in Covid cases.
The trains that will have general coaches from November 1:
06607- Kannur-Coimbatore
06608- Coimbatore-Kannur
06305- Ernakulam-Kannur
06306- Kannur-Ernakulam
06308- Kannur-Alappuzha
06307- Alappuzha-Kannur
06326- Kottayam-Nilambur Road
06325- Nilambur Road-Kottayam
06304- Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam
06303- Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram
06302- Thiruvananthapuram-Shoranur
06301- Shornur-Thiruvananthapuram
02628- Thiruvananthapuram-Tiruchirappalli
02627- Tiruchirappalli-Thiruvananthapuram
06268- Rameshwaram-Tiruchirappalli
02627- Tiruchirappalli-Rameshwaram
06089- Chennai Central-Jolarpettai
06090- Jolarpettai-Chennai Central
06342- Thiruvananthapuram-Guruvayur
06341- Guruvayur-Thiruvananthapuram
06366- Nagercoil- Kottayam
06844- Palakkad Town-Tiruchirappalli
06834- Tiruchirappalli-Palakkad Town
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